Lord Drayson: UK military personnel embedded with US forces remain subject to UK law and service law. They are authorised only to be involved in the planning or execution of operations that comply with British domestic and international legal obligations, including the principles of the laws of armed conflict and the use of force in self-defence. This means that they are bound by the UK's determination of the ambit of the armed conflict, including the determination of which armed groups constitute legitimate targets. Within those constraints, UK embedded personnel act within US rules of engagement, may use US collateral damage methodology and work to US delegated authorities.

Lord Brabazon of Tara: The House of Lords, together with the House of Commons, has recently adopted a new energy and water savings policy which was endorsed by the Administration and Works Committee on 22 November 2005.
	Features of the new policy include the following:
	£25,000 is being invested annually in energy and water efficiency initiatives;
	the Parliamentary Estates Directorate is participating in the Whitehall combined heat and power schemes;
	energy and water audits are used when assessing all proposed new building projects;
	efficient appliances, materials and methods will be used when undertaking new works, repairs and maintenance to buildings;
	a target 10 per cent. of electricity to be sourced from renewable sources has been set and has already been met;
	a system for energy and water monitoring has been established. This will allow progress against agreed targets to be assessed for the estate as a whole, and for each building. Regular feedback on progress and achievements against targets will be provided to the Energy Savers Group, senior management and domestic committees;
	members of staff in each departmental office in the two Houses are involved in energy and water management as nominated energy savers;
	the awareness of occupants of the Palace is being raised through energy and water saving campaigns. A series of sustainability seminars has been organised by the Parliamentary Estates Directorate;
	staff are encouraged to contribute ideas and suggestions for improving energy and water efficiency, maintain interest, learn from failures and promote success; and
	consultants are considering the use of renewable energy systems on the Parliamentary Estate.

Lord Warner: The unaudited year-end data for 2005–06, recently published by the Department of Health, show that, of the 174 National Health Service and primary care trusts forecasting a deficit, 11 per cent. have a private finance initiative (PFI) scheme.
	There is no direct correlation between a trust meeting its PFI unitary charge and incurring a deficit. Unitary payments—paid for from a trust's general revenue allocations—include elements for "hard" and "soft" facilities management services, financing costs as well as ensuring the availability of the facility and are just one component of a trust's total expenditure.